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Events. 1840 – Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what became known as Wilkes Land for the United States. 1861 – American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in seceding from the United States.
This is a list of selected January 19 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit.
June 30 – William A. Wheeler, 19th vice president of the United States from 1877 to 1881 (died 1887) July 17 – Eunice Newton Foote , physicist and women's rights campaigner (died 1888 ) July 24 – Josiah Gilbert Holland , novelist and poet (died 1881 )
January 4 – Tommy Corcoran, baseball player (died 1960) January 10 – Rachel Davis Harris, African American librarian (died 1969) February 2 – Smith W. Brookhart, U.S. Senator from Iowa from 1922 to 1926 (died 1944) February 19 – Frederic C. Walcott, U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1929 to 1935 (died 1949)
January 18–23 – War of 1812: The Battle of Frenchtown is fought in modern-day Monroe, Michigan between the United States and a British and Native American alliance. January 24 – The Philharmonic Society (later the Royal Philharmonic Society) is founded in London. January 28 – Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is published anonymously in ...
Other events on October 19th in history: 1781: Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown effectively ending the American Revolution. 1985: The very first blockbuster store opened in Dallas, Texas. 1987 ...
1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1919th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 919th year of the 2nd millennium, the 19th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of ...